Posts Tagged ‘Larry Weaner’

  • Summer Internship Opportunity!

    LWLA seeks an intern who can join our team during the summer of 2023. This is a paid, in-office position based in our Glenside office. The internship will require forty hours per week and will be a combination of office and some field work. Start and end dates can be flexible according to the intern’s preferences. The intern will work with staff as needed with tasks directly apportioned by the Managing Principal and Senior Associates. Occasional overnight travel will likely be required.

    Candidates should have a strong interest in and familiarity with plants native to the northeastern United States and basic ecological processes, a strong attention to detail, critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities, and a willingness to learn and participate in a diverse range of support tasks.

    Find out more about this position. To apply, submit a brief cover letter, resume, and work samples in PDF format to aknauff AT lweanerdesign.com by April 30. No telephone inquiries please.

  • Attend our 2023 landscape symposium!

    For 34 years, LWLA’s educational affiliate, New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL), has organized an annual two-day symposium in collaboration with Connecticut College Arboretum and Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. The symposium has a long tradition of celebrating native plants and exploring landscape design at the intersections of ecology, culture, and art.

    The 2023 conference features Kate Kennen (Offshoots, Inc), Jared Rosenbaum (author of Wild Plant Culture), Andi Pettis (Governors Island), David Godshall (Terremoto), and many other exciting speakers. More information/registration here.

    The symposium is: January 5-6, 2023 (Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA) and January 12-13, 2023 (Connecticut College, New London, CT). We hope to see you there!

    Image: Glenstone Museum (photo by Mark Weaner)

  • Larry Weaner to serve as an Honorary Director of Wild Ones!

    Photo Credit: Rob Cardillo

    We are thrilled to announce that Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes has named Larry as an Honorary Director. He will serve his term from 2022-2025. Wild Ones honors and recognizes distinguished individuals who are respected and known for their expertise in fields of ecology, botany, plant science, horticulture, entomology, climate change, and conservation. To learn more about this honor and the Wild Ones organization, please visit their website.

    Congratulations, Larry!!

  • Larry Weaner receives 2021 Award of Distinction from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers

    Larry overseeing installation of The American Prairie
    Royal Botanic Gardens Kew – Wakehurst
    Photo Credit: Jim Holden

    We are pleased to announce that the Association of Professional Landscape Designers (APLD) has awarded Larry Weaner their 2021 Award of Distinction. This award was established to recognize a landscape professional who has made a distinguished contribution to the landscape design profession. Congratulations, Larry!!

  • Attend our 2022 landscape symposium!

    For 33 years LWLA’s educational affiliate, New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL), has organized an annual conference in collaboration with Connecticut College Arboretum and Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania.

    The 2022 conference–Expanding the Scope of Landscape Design: People, Ecology, and Time–features such speakers as Sara Zewde, Gena Wirth, Dwayne Estes, W. Gary Smith, and Raymond Jungles.

    For more about the 2022 conference, download the brochure or visit/register at NDAL.

    The conference is divided across four half-day modules on Jan. 20, Jan. 21, Jan. 27, and Jan. 28. CEUs are available.

    We hope to see you there!

  • Larry Weaner receives 2021 Landscape Design Award from the American Horticultural Society

    photo by Marli Milano

    As part of their annual Great American Gardeners Awards, the American Horticultural Society (AHS) has awarded Larry Weaner their 2021 Landscape Design Award. This award recognizes individuals whose work has demonstrated and promoted the value of sound horticultural practices in the field of landscape architecture. Congrats, Larry!

    For more about Larry and the award, see the March/April issue of American Gardener magazine or visit the American Horticultural Society.

    Larry in the landscape (photo by Mark Weaner)